From: Martin Holz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Stefano Mazzocchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martin Holz wrote:
Stefano Mazzocchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
The new build system has landed on CVS.
[...]
read BUILD.txt
cp blocks.properties local.blocks.properties
cp build.properties local.build.properties
[modify the local copies as you like, leaving the
original intact]
build webapp [this will generate the webapp]
Does overriding boolean properties work? If I set
"exclude.webapp.samples=false" in local.build.properties a target like <target name="prepare-webapp-samples" depends="package-samples" unless="exclude.webapp.samples"> won't be executed. "unless" does not test, if the variable has the value of "true" or "false".
It tests, if the value is defined. At least, that's what the documentation for ant 1.5 says.
The only way to execute the target is removing the definition from local.build.properties
and build.properties. The result will be failed build,
but that's a other story.
You don't have to set things to false, you have to uncomment them!
In local.build.properties? This would not help, since they
are defined in build.properties, which is read by build.xml
immediately after local.build.properties. You would have to uncomment them in build.properties.
No, that's not how ANT works.
Follow the instructions and *TRY* them before emailing!
John,
Martin is totally right. You can't 'de-comment' something by overloading and setting it to true or false will still make ant failing since the except="" attribute will work based on the existance of that property, not its value.
But even more important, watch your tone! Martin was trying to help and even if he was wrong, he still deserves your respect.
-- Stefano Mazzocchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate [William of Ockham] --------------------------------------------------------------------
